Shimokitazawa
Music video for the band Ded Square.
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Natasha CantwellDirector
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Ded SquareMusic
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Project Type:Music Video
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Runtime:2 minutes
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Completion Date:March 9, 2019
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Country of Origin:New Zealand
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Country of Filming:Australia
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Language:Japanese
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Shooting Format:16mm
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Aspect Ratio:4:3
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Ars Independent FestivalKatowice
Poland
October 8, 2024 -
Tauron Nowa Muzyka KatowiceKatowice
Poland
June 21, 2024
Natasha Cantwell is a Melbourne-based experimental filmmaker whose work explores the tension between inner and outer selves. Drawing on performance art and horror cinema, her 16mm films balance humour with unease. Her work has screened internationally, including at Experiments in Cinema in the United States, as well as Stuttgart Filmwinter and EMAF in Germany. In 2025, she undertook an artist residency at Arteles Creative Center in Finland.
Ded Square and I watched endless clips of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly to inspire our choreography for the video, before coming up with our own creations such as The Sailor-Crab and The Ticking Clock. After shooting had wrapped, the chance discovery of a matching vintage pheasant sweatshirt made me rethink the video's concept. We returned to the pink art deco apartments and our 'Singin' in the Rain' video somehow morphed into something closer to the 90s thriller 'Single White Female'.